According to El País, at the Barcelona Film Festival, Stone "did not hesitate to defend Vladimir Putin" in the midst of hostilities in Ukraine.
According to the director, the Russian president "cannot be separated from the state."
At the same time, he noted that the Vladimir Putin with whom he managed to communicate did not correspond to the image portrayed by the Western media.
“The Putin I knew was rational, calm, always acted in the interests of the Russian people, a true son of Russia, a patriot,” the American director noted.
Stone also said that the White House's plans have always included the creation of a pro-Western, anti-Russian government in Ukraine.
Washington's ultimate goal, he believes, is regime change in Russia.
In addition, the American authorities, whom he compared with a “predatory dog,” do not intend to “stop at Russia,” but will destabilize China, InoTV writes, citing the original material.
As US President Joe Biden himself previously stated, he did not call for a change of power in Russia.
The Wall Street Journal journalist James Freeman noted that in the current crisis in relations between countries, it would be safer for everyone if the US president stopped making "unprepared statements" on sensitive topics.
The Atlantic magazine also wrote that the US president should be more careful about his public statements, especially in light of the Ukrainian crisis, since the recent words of the head of state about Putin forced the staff of the US president's staff to "beat their heads on the table."